Asan Woori Bank head coach Satellite Woo became the league’s first 300-win coach in women’s professional basketball. Woori Bank, led by head coach Satellite Woo, won 78-70 at home against Yongin Samsung Life in the Woori Bank Woori WON 2023-2024 Women’s Professional Basketball Regular Season at Yi Sunshin Gymnasium in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do on Friday. With the win, Satellite became the first coach to reach the 300-win plateau in the Women’s Professional Basketball League, which was founded in 1998, with a career record of 300 wins and 82 losses in the regular season.
Satellite began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Shinhan Bank in 2005 and made her head coaching debut at Woori Bank in 2012.After leading Woori to the championship in the 2012-2013 season after finishing last for four consecutive seasons, she became the first coach to reach both 200 and 300 wins in the league .Former Shinhan Bank coach Lim Dalsik is second on the list with 199 wins, while Samsung Life coach Lim Geun-bae’s 130 wins are second to Wee’s among active managers. Woori Bank, which has won three straight games, is now 17-3 and trails first-place Cheongju KB (18-2) by one game. Samsung Life, which lost its second straight game, remained in third place (9-11). It is two games behind fourth-place Bucheon Hana OneQ (7-13).
Woori Bank trailed 31-36 at halftime, but quickly tied the game after the start of the third quarter with two baskets from Kim Dan-bi and a three-pointer from Lee Myung-kwan .Woori then poured in 25 points in the third quarter, holding Samsung Life to just nine points, to take a double-digit lead, 56-45, at the end of the third quarter. Samsung Life fought back early in the fourth quarter, as back-to-back three-pointers by Lee Hae-ran and Kiana Smith were quickly followed by Lee’s attack to the rim for two points, bringing the score to 56-53.However, after calling a timeout, Woori Bank took a breath of fresh air with a basket by Lee Myung-kwan after an exquisite pass from Kim Dan-bi and a three-pointer by Kim Dan-bi to make it 61-53.Woori Bank was led by Kim Dan-bi with 32 points, 11 rebounds 카지노사이트 and eight assists, while Park Ji-hyun also recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds.